Health and Wellbeing of Street Children and Youth

TY - GEN

T1 - Health and Wellbeing of Street Children and Youth

AU - Hunter, Janine

AU - Shand, Wayne

AU - van Blerk, Lorraine

PY - 2016/10/12

Y1 - 2016/10/12

N2 - Key Points - Maintaining physical and mental health and wellbeing is challenging for street children and youth given the inherent risks of their street contexts. - Physical illnesses include the effects of eating poor quality food, drinking, bathing and cooking with dirty water and sexually transmitted diseases. - Lack of free healthcare, discrimination by healthcare workers, and poor education contribute to inconsistent or non-existent access to medical treatment. - Alcohol and drug abuse are common in all three cities, used as both a ‘treatment’ and as a coping strategy.

AB - Key Points - Maintaining physical and mental health and wellbeing is challenging for street children and youth given the inherent risks of their street contexts. - Physical illnesses include the effects of eating poor quality food, drinking, bathing and cooking with dirty water and sexually transmitted diseases. - Lack of free healthcare, discrimination by healthcare workers, and poor education contribute to inconsistent or non-existent access to medical treatment. - Alcohol and drug abuse are common in all three cities, used as both a ‘treatment’ and as a coping strategy.

KW - Gender

KW - Health

KW - Resilience

KW - Social Networks

KW - Stigmatisation

KW - Substance Use

KW - Violence

UR - https://www.streetchildren.org/tools-and-resources/growing-up-on-the-streets/

UR - https://www.dundee.ac.uk/growing-streets/knowledge-exchange-and-impact

U2 - 10.20933/100001143

DO - 10.20933/100001143

M3 - Other contribution

T3 - Growing up on the Streets: Briefing Papers

PB - University of Dundee

ER -